Special Events, 2-Day Classes & Lectures
suepat SN05 6:30PM Opening Night Banquet 11/2
FEATURING: Sue Nickels & Pat Holly “Quilt Collaborations” In this lecture, Sue will share the unique way she and her sister, Pat Holly, collaborate on their award winning quilts. Share Sue and Pat’s history in quilting through slides of their collaborative quilts including “The Beatles Quilt” and “The Space Quilt”. Sue will bring quilts to share and allow time for questions.
Price: $35.00
AF03 A Feher 9-5 11/4-11/5 2 Day
From Photo to Quilt - Aniko Feher (Art/Landscape/Pictorial) - 2 Days – A step by step class to teach you how to turn your own favorite portrait photo into a treasured quilt. We will be fusing as a technique to create a raw edge portrait. Additional fee of $19 required for purchase of text booklet. ALL – SM
Price: $130.00
LS03 L L Smith 9-5 11/5-11/6 2 Day
New Twist on Strips & Curves - Louisa L. Smith (Quilt Piecing / Finishing Class) - 2 Days - Featuring Swirl, Half Clamshell, Free-Form Curves and Strips ‘n Circles. Louisa introduces 4 design concepts, 2 template-based and 2 template-free as well as new designs using the old favorite templates such as Basic, Basic II, and the Mini Beg ‘n Borrow sets to create Overlapping and Crosscutting! Start with basic strip piecing and prepare to be amazed! (Templates and books available for purchase). ALL - SM
Price: $130.00
PatchworkPearl New England Quilt Museum Saturday Sash-ay
Take a morning field trip to the New England Quilt Museum with Linda Pearl of “The Patchwork Pearl”! Sash-ay will leave the Radisson Nashua Hotel for the museum at 9:00 in the morning, taking a quick trip to Lowell, MA to the NEQM. There you will be greeted by a private docent taking you through the beautiful exhibits on display. At the time of A Quilters Gathering, The NEQM will have on special exhibit; Patience to Raise the Sun: Art Quilts from Haiti & Their Power to Change Women's Lives as well as items on permanent display. (Lunch Included)
Price: $39.00
AF04 A Feher 12:30 Lunch/Lecture 11/3
From Closet Quilter to Portrait Artist - Aniko Feher – (Lecture) - My quilts and the stories behind them. Born and raised in Hungary, Aniko Feher discovered quilting when she came to the United States. Her quilts are both abstract designs and realistic and sensitive portraits of people and animals.
Price: $20.00
HP05M Hoover/B persing 12:30 Lunch/Lecture 11/5
StrataVarious Quilts- Mary Hoover / Barbara Persing (Lecture) - Based on our book, of the same name this lecture is complete with a trunk show as well instruction that will undoubtedly inspire you to begin to design your own strata quilts.
Price: $20.00
LK06 L M Kinard 7:30PM Lecture 11/3
Excuse Me, Is That a Quilt You’re Wearing? - Lyric Montgomery Kinard (Lecture) - Preen with the peacocks of the quilting world and learn to avoid some of its foibles during this romp through the wonderful world of wearable art. Lyric will bring several of her award winning wearables for you to examine, “up close and personally!”
Price: $10.00
LS04 L L Smith 7:30PM Lecture 11/4
I'm Stripping to Show Curves! - Louisa L. Smith (Lecture) - Let us explore this simple procedure called: Strips ‘n Curves. This technique is a combination of strip piecing and curved piecing. This relationship between the straight and the curved lines are the key to creating dynamic designs! This technique is easy, fun and habit forming. You will learn this procedure and realize the many, many other design possibilities it has to offer. Many quilts and some slides to view and discuss. (Strips ‘n Curves book and templates available for purchase).
Price: $10.00
MS05 M Scott 12:30 Lunch/Lecture 11/4
Designing Quilters - Michelle Scott – (Lecture) - Many quilters have ideas floating around in our head - quilts we would like to make. This lecture will help you to take your ideas from your head and put them on paper. Whether it's a new block design, small wall hanging, or full bed quilt, I will give you tips and tricks to creating your own designs - the do's and don'ts of designing and how to incorporate a certain fabric into your quilts. We will also discuss where to find color inspiration as well as how to break down the color and value process. I will introduce the concept of line and form in quilts. Lecture includes a show of my original designs, published and non-published - more than 50 quilts in all!
Price: $20.00
MS06 M Scott 7:30PM Lecture 11/5
“Quilt as desired…” Ideas for Machine Quilting your Quilt - Michelle Scott – (Lecture) - Quilt as desired…” - don’t you just hate those words?? Using A LOT of quilts, I’ll show you the many ways you can machine quilt your completed tops. Feel free to bring tops along for a group or private consultation!
Price: $10.00
SS05 S A Smith 12:30 Lunch/Lecture 11/6
With A Dash of Color - Sarah Ann Smith (Lecture) - There are many ways to learn how to use color: a favorite sweater, a swatch of fabric, a magazine photo, or the color wheel. Sarah explains them all while showing her progress from first quilt to recent work. (Trunk Show).
Price: $20.00
TME1 Textile Trade Training 7:30PM Lecture 11/3
Behind the Scenes: The Making of Fabric - Thursday 7:30pm Lecture - What goes into the production of your favorite medium: cloth? Spend an evening enjoying a discussion of printing methods and technologies, from historical techniques used since the 1600s and today’s modern methods, learning about the process of designing and producing a collection, and a designer’s perception of how to best showcase a collection of fabric. Marianne Elizabeth has been designing fabrics for 15 years and shares her hands on insight into the entire process, and shows you how to instantly have more fabric palette success. Marianne’s designs are licensed to RJR Fabrics, one of the world's leading manufacturers of high-quality fabric designed exclusively for the crafting of quilts and home sewing. You’ll want to arrive early to get a close-up look at the production samples and rare 19th century textile paintings. Presented by Marianne Elizabeth of Classically Home and Vintage & Vogue. (This replaces last year’s Lecture - Everyday Home, Everyday Quilts which was printed in the 2011 brochure
Price: $10.00